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An unusual APL mission: Develop apps for soldiers’ phones
American special operations soldiers gathering critical intelligence and data in hostile territory have found that sometimes the best tool for the job is a civilian device, not a military one. A new...
View ArticleIgnition Grants create sparks at Applied Physics Lab
For David L. Porter, an oceanographer at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory, his idea for the iBuoy came from an ad for a tablet computer. For robotics scientist Chris Brown, his inspiration for...
View ArticleAPL announces eight winners of its inaugural Ignition Grants
A tiny robot for special operations troops, a better way for Johns Hopkins experts to meet, a civilian Cyber Defense Corps and on-site child care—these are just four of the eight inaugural winners of...
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Building better evacuation plans for U.S. municipalities
Imagine trying to plan for the evacuation of a populated coastal area without a major bridge to safety, or having to adjust an evacuation if a wildfire suddenly rendered an interstate highway...
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NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes begin space environment tests
The Radiation Belt Storm Probes team at APL is shown in early December wheeling the twin satellites, stacked atop one another exactly as they will be for launch, into acoustic testing. A specialized...
View ArticleAPL to hold health care IT security symposium
A symposium to discuss current challenges in maintaining the security of all aspects of health care information technologies, from patient data to medical devices, will be held at the Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleNASA Mars spacecraft detects large changes in Martian dunes
A team led by a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory scientist has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on Mars occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune...
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